Research article summary (published 29 Nov 1997):

Changes in memory awareness during learning: the acquisition of knowledge by psychology undergraduates.

Full Abstract

First-year psychology students took multiple-choice examinations following each of 4 lecture courses and 3 laboratory research methods courses. One lecture course was later retested. Students indicated state of memory awareness accompanying each answer: recollective experience (remember), "just know" (know), feeling of familiarity (familiarity), or guess. On the lecture courses, higher performing students differed from other students because they had more remember responses. On research methods, higher performing students differed because they knew more, and in the delayed retest, higher performing students differed because they now knew rather than remembered more. These findings demonstrate a shift from remembering to knowing, dependent upon level attained, type of course, and retention interval, and suggest an underlying shift in knowledge representation from episodic to semantic memory. The authors discuss theoretical and educational implications of the findings.

Author information

Author/s: Conway, M A (MA); Gardiner, J M (JM); Perfect, T J (TJ); Anderson, S J (SJ); Cohen, G M (GM);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bristol, England.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. General (J Exp Psychol Gen), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1997-Dec; vol 126 (issue 4) : pp 393-413

Dates: Created 1998/01/27; Completed 1998/01/27; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 9407649, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Achievement Adolescent Adult Awareness Curriculum Educational Measurement Female

Female Humans Male Mental Recall Psychology - education Retention (Psychology) Students - psychology

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